Goldsborough ex rel. Goldsborough v. Martin

James L. Martin, died in October, 1872, seized and possessed of valuable real and personal estate, and leaving a will by which he devised one-half of his property to his wife, and as to the other half as follows:

“Item. — I give, devise and bequeath unto my dear wife, Ellen F. Martin, the other half of my estate, real, personal and mixed, in special trust and confidence, that she will hold the same for the use and benefit of my dear daughter Henrietta M. F. Groldsborough, and I direct that the same shall he invested in safe and productive stocks or securities, or on real estate, and the rents,…